The Living Lab

As two people who have spent the past few years building a business from scratch, we know the challenges of trying to grow and scale a boostrapped business whether you're in eCommerce, Shopify store, a freelancer or another category. So here are 5 things you need to stop doing as a solopreneur so that you can just chill out already. You don't want to miss:

• 5 things you need to stop doing as a solopreneur or entrepreneur
• Why other small businesses are not your competition
• How to start saying no
• Why you need to pick one social media channel
• Automation and scaling back

PLUS, our biggest advice for selling to your audience using social media - without them unfollowing you!

Links and resources:

• Follow us on Instagram: @livinglab.co
• Brands and apps we mentioned in this episode: Rose Inc, Aftership Returns Center

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Welcome back to The Living Lab with Paige Harris and Alex Bennett. In this episode, we dive into helpful ways to get out of a rut. If you're feeling unmotivated, not like your usual self, or lacking positivity and routine then this is the episode for you!

We're super excited to start having conversations around finding balance in our busy lifestyles, healthy and authentic living, trying to grow our small business on top of life, and positive habits we try to practice each day to get us closer to our dream life.

You don't want to miss:

• 9 ways to get out of a rut
• How to set goals (and actually achieve them)
• Why perfect isn't the end goal
• Practical tips on remaining consistent

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Welcome back to The Living Lab podcast, a Canadian podcast hosted by two women in their early 30s trying to navigate balance, business and more! Hosted by Paige Harris and Alex Bennett.

Today is your chance to get to know Paige a little better.

We'll be interviewing Paige about how she got started in eCommerce and tech, what motivates her and what it was like to start her own business. We're also asking her to answer some questions that we think you might have too!

We also have a fun rapid-fire question series at the end that you don't want to miss.

We hope you'll tune in next Monday on Spotify or Apple! Don't forget to follow us @livinglab.co

Get to know Mintier founders, Rhaelyn Gillespie and Jessica Sheppard, who created a first of its kind product solving a universal problem, bad breath. Former Clearbanc (now called Clearco) employees, they both quit their jobs to build a clean and sustainable consumer packaged goods (CPG) company in the oral care category. They developed a 100% natural alternative that is the world's first oil-based breath mint which they sell via their eCommerce website and wholesale to hundreds of retailers across North America.

In this episode we chat about:

• Launching a clean CPG brand on Kickstarter
• Staying true to your brand values
• Building a bootstrapped DTC & wholesale brand from scratch on Shopify
• Using TikTok as a marketing channel in 2022 (UGC)
• Selling into retail stores across North America

Quick links:

• Don't forget to check out the Mintier website and on Instagram and TikTok
• Use the code LIVINGLAB15 for 15% off your first order!
• Read more about Mintier here.

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Welcome back to The Living Lab podcast, a Canadian podcast hosted by two women in their early 30s trying to navigate balance, business and more! Hosted by Paige Harris and Alex Bennett.

Today is your chance to get to know Alex a little better.

We'll be interviewing Alex about how she got started in the real estate industry, what motivates her and what it was like to start her own business. We're also asking her to answer some questions that we think you might have too!

We also have a fun rapid-fire question series at the end that you don't want to miss.

We hope you'll tune in next Monday on Spotify or Apple! Don't forget to follow us @lacliving

In this episode, we're chatting with Emily Payne, Sr. Talent Development Partner at Bridgit and former Sales Talent Lead at Shopify. If you're looking to better align your career with your personal values than you're in the right place.

Hear Emily's career journey and how she grew her career at Shopify Plus for over 7 years in the sales enablement space, transitioning to motherhood, going on maternity leave and coming back, what it's like to work in the high-performing tech space and more!

You don't want to miss:

• How to discover your personal values
• When it might be time to leave your job for something new
• Dealing with burnout as a high performer
• Balancing motherhood and career growth
• And more!

Quick links:

• Follow Emily on Instagram and LinkedIn

Thanks for listening! Follow the pod on Instagram @livinglab.co and make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on any of our episodes on balance, business and healthy living.

In this episode, we're chatting with Lauren Kurtz, Founder of Après Actif a minimalist lifestyle apparel brand inspired by ski and snowboard culture. We dive into how Lauren built her brand from the ground up, and how she expanded into 50 retail stores across Canada and the US.

You don't want to miss:

• Building a personal brand and community before launching your business
• Expanding into wholesale
• Balancing working two jobs while bootstrapping your brand
• Why comparison kills creativity

Quick links:

• Shop Après Actif online and find them on Instagram
• Follow Lauren on Instagram

Thanks for listening! Follow the pod on Instagram @livinglab.co and make sure you hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss out on any of our episodes on balance, business and healthy living.

If you're in the process of building or scaling an ecommerce brand than this is the episode for you!

In this episode we're getting personal about something we've been struggling with a lot lately which is having patience when it comes to building your business or brand.

Scrolling social media it can often seem like brands are going viral overnight and blowing up overnight. Yet in reality, building a brand takes time, years in fact which is why it's so important to practice patience when building your business from scratch.

Learn to enjoy the process, instead of racing to the finish line.

You don't want to miss:

• How long did it take to build LAC swim?
• Tips on letting go control
• How to build a sustainable brand that lasts
• How positive thinking, leads to positive results
• Follow us on Instagram @livinglab.co!

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Welcome to The Living Lab podcast episode 007. Today we're chatting all about imposter syndrome, and why it might be blocking you from reaching your goals. If you're a high performer, you'll relate to this episode because we chat about all the reasons you might be suffering from self-doubt, impostorism and feeling like you're not measuring up. Don't miss out on:

• Common categories of impostorism
• Where we may have picked up the imposter syndrome mentality
• How to handle imposter syndrome

Don't forget to like and subscribe and tune in every Monday for new episodes. Follow @livinglab.co for pod updates and more!

Join Paige Harris and Alex Bennett, co-founders of LAC swim, as they talk about how to have a Spring Glow Up from the inside out in 2022.

Listen along as they chat beauty tips and the importance of "look good feel good mentality", how to hone in on some of your insecurities to glow from the inside out, and how to push yourself out of your comfort zone and get back into socializing with friends and family to have you feeling your best self as we enter a new season.

You don't want to miss:

• What Paige & Alex are living for this week
• Why we think having external beauty goals is just as important as internal and mental goals
• What Alex & Paige do to reach their ultimate spring glow up
• Other hot topics like botox, body neutrality, gratitude, not sweating the small stuff and more!

Quick links:

• Follow us on Instagram @lacliving
• Check out our friend Lauren's brand Après Actif

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Thanks for listening!